Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at...

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at...

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off...

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off...

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week,...

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week,...

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of...

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of...

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy...

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy...

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal...

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal...

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last.

Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out...

Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out...

The price of greatness is responsibility.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind,...

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind,...

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the...

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the...